Recent content by Kindredsouls

As mentioned in the article; this device is geared towards younger kids. One of the issues the 3DS, and the previous DS consoles had was the hinges. Kids have a higher tendency to be less gentle with the hinges and they break more often. Omitting the hinges is actually a feature to increase its...

Go to the Netbook manufacturer's website to locate the drivers. If there are any drivers there you cannot find try to identify what the driver is and who made it. Then look on that manufacturer's website. Sometimes I've found I have to go to Intel's website for various drivers that are not on...

Intel i7 has hyper-threading enabled, the i5 does not. If all you're doing is gaming and basic tasks such as email, watching you tube, and web surfing then an i5 is plenty. If you're doing video encoding and what not, as shadowhuntur said then you'll want an i7. Right now games do not take...

Off hand I don't know of a good gaming laptop but if I was going to seek one out I would start with either Asus or Dell. Both make quality gaming laptops. Dell has the Alienware (http://www.alienware.com/Landings/laptops.aspx?~ck=mn) laptop product line and Asus has their Gseries (G55 and G75...

Depends a lot on who you spoke with. The level 1 technicians usually don't know much about computers at all. They type in the problem or question you have on their computer and a pre-generated script comes up with the answer they give you. So that's a possibility. Another is they could have...

I agree with ittimjones.

Try this: Get to the menu just like when you tried loading into Safe Mode. Press F8. When the menu loads select "Disable automatic restart on system failure". Then when your computer starts up and blue screens you will be able to record the error message and begin troubleshooting. Hope this...

If you plan on playing Diablo 3, you should know that Intel's HD graphics are NOT supported in the game. I tried running a Ivy Bridge CPU (3570k) and the graphics were seriously glitchy. Contacted customer support and they informed me that Intel's HD graphics weren't supported.